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Perspective

February 23, 2022
By cingle8 BRONZE, Webb City, Missouri
cingle8 BRONZE, Webb City, Missouri
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Since the beginning, our perspective has changed

Our way of living

our beliefs

our thoughts

What we thought we knew is no longer:

Replaced

reformed

revised

Our perspective has been molded, molded by the hands of our creators

Intentional or unintentional, each person has had a hand in shaping our views into what we know to be true today


But what is truth if it changes? 

What is truth without being subjective? 

What is truth without change? 

How do we know what is true?


Our perception of truth lies in the eyes of the beholder

Our perspectives show what is true

But my perspective is not yours, yours is not hers

Each has grown and learned

Their lives and surroundings give them perspective

How we see is not the same


Our perspective is what divides us, makes us who we are

We are different

Different backgrounds

different families 

different thoughts

different walks of life

We are different


But perspective unites us

My way of thinking is not the only way

How I operate is not the only way

My ideas are not the only way

Perspective challenges us

I’m able to grow as a person, expand my thinking, my way of life


Perspective creates change, a good change

A change that the world is longing for

But you have to be willing

willing to listen

willing to think

willing to change

Our perspective will no longer grow

Our truth will no longer shift

Our world will no longer change

if you are not willing


The world is longing for more

but you have to let it grow


The author's comments:

I've always been fascinated with the idea of perspective. It's crazy to think that everyone you walk by on the street has their own families, lives, feelings, thoughts, etc. So many of us don't truly take time and think about how each and every single person is different, and how that difference may be able to save us. 


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Afra ELITE said...
on Mar. 3 2022 at 8:12 am
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